The Jets yesterday released linebacker Marvin Jones in a salary-cap move and they also parted ways with defensive tackle Shane Burton.

The Jets, too, renegotiated the contract of free safety Damien Robinson, who was scheduled to get a $2.7 million signing bonus by Friday. Robinson, who badly wanted to remain a Jet, signed a new four-year deal that’s more cap-friendly.

While Jones has a decent chance of re-signing with the Jets after testing the free-agent waters, Burton’s productive two-year career with the Jets appears to be over.

The Jets attempted to get Burton ($1.17 million against the salary cap) to take about a 50 percent pay cut, but he and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined.

Burton, who has an uncanny knack for getting his hands on the football, was second on the Jets with 11 batted passes. Only starting cornerbacks Aaron Glenn and Marcus Coleman had more with 12 each.

Had Jones stayed on the Jets’ roster past Thursday, a clause in his contract called for him to be paid the average of the top five LBs in the league – about $6 million.

With too much money tied up in Mo Lewis, who is not releasable because the accelerated money would choke the Jets’ cap situation, and with James Farrior an unrestricted free agent, the Jets can’t afford to expend that much money on one position.

Speaking of Farrior, it looks as if the Jets are willing to let both he and left guard Kerry Jenkins test the free-agent market, because progress doesn’t seem to have been made on either player.

Elsewhere on the free-agent front, Paul Sheehy, the agent for defensive tackle Steve Martin, said yesterday that the team wants to re-sign Martin and talks have been ongoing, but it appears Martin won’t be re-signed before Friday, meaning he, too, will test the market.